Harold's

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 3, 2026
• address2300 S Throop St, Chicago 60608
• cuisineMobile Food Preparer

Is Harold's clean?

Harold's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 3, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Harold's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • 4-204.112(B): OBSERVED NO AMBIENT AIR THERMOMETER IN COLD HOLDING UNITS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C): OBSERVED THE REAR, LEDGE ON TOP OF THE PREP COOLER OBSERVED WITH A BUILD UP OF FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Harold's last inspected?

Harold's has 5 inspections on record going back to September 11, 2024.

Harold's vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 53% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 3, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.